metadata
Use the metadata command to recover a virtualization table.
Syntax
>>- satask -- metadata -- -- -rebuildcluster-------------------><
>>- satask -- metadata -- -- -scan-- -- -file--filename_arg-----> >-- -- -disk--UID_arg-- -- -start--start_arg-- -----------------> >--+----------------+------------------------------------------>< '- -end--end_arg-'
>>- satask -- metadata -- -- -dump-- -- -disk--UID_arg-- -- -start--start_arg-><
Parameters
- satask
- System Administrator task; service commands that are only used in specific circumstances.
- -rebuildcluster
- (Required) Creates a cluster from the metadata found in /dumps/t3_recovery.bin created by the -dump process.
- -scan
- (Optional) Scan the specified MDisk or drive for system metadata.
- -dump
- (Required) Dump metadata from the specified MDisk or drive to file /dumps/t3_recovery.bin
- -end end_arg
- (Optional) The last LBA in which to look for metadata on the disk.
- -file filename_arg
- (Required) Specifies the file in which you want the results of a scan operation. The file is placed into the node in the directory /dumps , and can be retrieved using Secure Copy (scp). The file can be subsequently cleaned using the cleardumps command.
- -disk UID_arg
- (Required) Specifies the UID of the MDisk or drive that you want to scan, or remove a dump from.
- -start start_arg
- (Required) Specifies the following conditions:
- When used with -scan: The first LBA in which to look for metadata on the disk.
- When used with -dump: The first LBA at which the metadata resides (as reported in the scan file).
Description
Use this command to recover a virtualization table.Use the lscmdstatus command to see the status of the command.
An invocation example
satask metadata -scan -file scan.0.xml -disk 600a0b80000f14ee0000008e4146bdee00000000000000000000000000000000 -start 0
The resulting output:
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